Anyone feeling cold?
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Sod all your luck. 5C and I'm reaching for woolly jumpers and the cocoa.
I delivered pizzas in -14. On a moped. From half four to midnight. If you think you've experienced cold, I'd invite you to do the same.
A good shiver at the door did always get a good tip though. A hundred euros a night was not uncommon.
A good shiver at the door did always get a good tip though. A hundred euros a night was not uncommon.
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How were the pizzas still warm! Did you have a mobile oven or something lol? Even those tin foil lined carry bags cant be enough in those temps.
Our boxes were proper ones, not like the crap ones here in London. The bags were also heated at the pizza joint so when we unplugged them and put a pizza in them they were at least 60deg.
Honestly I'd do a run of about 4 deliveries and when I got back to the pizza place the ice on the front of my boots would be a foot long, no jokes. I'm pretty sure I got hypothermia or frostbite but when the money was that good we didn't complain, we just got on with it. 100 euros a night when you're 16 and have no bills to pay is a LOT of money.
Honestly I'd do a run of about 4 deliveries and when I got back to the pizza place the ice on the front of my boots would be a foot long, no jokes. I'm pretty sure I got hypothermia or frostbite but when the money was that good we didn't complain, we just got on with it. 100 euros a night when you're 16 and have no bills to pay is a LOT of money.
Here, these were the mopeds we rode (with a box ofc).
Don't get me wrong, in summer it was the complete opposite, we used to deliver pizzas in shorts and flip flops, and meet our mates all over the place for a quick smoke (the Dutch kind of smoke, not a cigarette). The summer times were absolutely awesome, the winter times sucked but we made a LOT of money.
Some of my fondest memories were when I delivered pizzas. I wouldn't change it for the world, despite the freezing cold.
Don't get me wrong, in summer it was the complete opposite, we used to deliver pizzas in shorts and flip flops, and meet our mates all over the place for a quick smoke (the Dutch kind of smoke, not a cigarette). The summer times were absolutely awesome, the winter times sucked but we made a LOT of money.
Some of my fondest memories were when I delivered pizzas. I wouldn't change it for the world, despite the freezing cold.
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Almost enough to pay for some new fingers
It's funny you should say that. My fingers are remarkably small (just ask my wife
), I wonder if my early career choices have anything to do with it 
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Lethbridge?
That was the 3rd Jan. If we're lucky we get the tail end of any Chinooks, which lifts the temp up for as short while. Mainly it's Arctic air going in a straight line after the rockies turn south after Jasper.
The snow is currently keeping things warm at about -10, but they're predicting -20 and lower from Sunday.
No, annoyingly. Coldest it's been so far this winter was 14C, for a day. 26 today. I usually spend the rest of the year looking forward to winter to bring some relief, and while it is cooler, it's not really enough of a break.
Coldest I've had was -20 or so in north China, on the coast, with 60km/h wind coming in off the sea. In an apartment with no heating. That sucked.
Coldest I've had was -20 or so in north China, on the coast, with 60km/h wind coming in off the sea. In an apartment with no heating. That sucked.
No, Calgary.
We always seem to be a few degrees warmer than the rest of Alberta due to geography.
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Lowest I've ever experienced is -40C, but only for a few minutes at a time & with good full body thermals (inc thermal boots, gloves & balaclava). Was in Warwickshire... In a climate chamber
Coldest I've experienced for any length of time is probably when I used to Kayak. Including at ~-5C, where we broke the ice on the river to get in (also in the UK)
Coldest I've experienced for any length of time is probably when I used to Kayak. Including at ~-5C, where we broke the ice on the river to get in (also in the UK)
